RE: Questions about printers and proof accuracy
RE: Questions about printers and proof accuracy
- Subject: RE: Questions about printers and proof accuracy
- From: Scott Olswold <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 12:46:14 -0500
Chris,
Don't sweat the printers' Cyan and Magenta matching the Pantone Cyan and
Magenta in your swatch book.
Each vendor has different ideas as to what Cyan and Magenta should be
(yellow is a little less difficult to match across printers and inks, and
black is even easier yet), and this is coupled with what type of pigment
base is used to create the colors. In other words, Cyan is not Cyan is not
Cyan, and likewise for Magenta.
If your Ole No Moire patches are matching what your printer outputs at 100%
C and M...that is GREAT! If you want your printers to match some other print
device (like an offset press using Pantone process inks), then you'll have
to create a child profile based on your printers and the Pantone samples.
Scott Olswold
Senior Systems Support Engineer
Danka Office Imaging
MCSE, CNA 5, A+, Network+, Adobe Certified Expert (PageMaker and Photoshop)